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Nadigaiyar Thilagam - rare attempt

After hearing rare reviews about the movie, decided to see it at once. Online tickets were readily available for the evening show. This is dubbed to Tamil from Telugu unlike Bahubali and so the story too is viewed from the other region of the country. The film has a scene where hunger strike happens for separate Telugu state from the Madras presidency. Though Savithri had lived in Chennai during her last days the film is narrated from the Telugu industry point of view. Few scenes could have been from Tamil industry side and from Gemini Ganesan's end to give us the audience a more holistic view of the biopic. That said and done, this is a excellent attempt on an actor's biopic.

In most scenes we tend to forget Keerthy Suresh and see only Savithri on screen, its surprising how she donned such a heavy role with ease in the nascent stage of her career. Never thought the doll heroine of Remo, Bairava, can pull this through. The maya bazaar  scene is worth all the pennies. The transformation from young Savithri to the much older drunken one is well crafted.

Dulquer gives a smooth performance and for once you don't feel hatred towards the antagonist. He just takes you through the charmer's journey. Samantha has come up with another excellent portrayal of a budding journalist. Deglamourized and  not a jumpy youth but has still proved her calibre. Savithri's dad brings in humour to movie when needed.
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Director's vision to show a biopic has been achieved. He has intertwined the story of a young couple belonging to 1980s and of a legend's in an outstanding manner. The sets depicting years 1940 to 1980 simply takes us to that period. When the camera carries us above Savithri's head when she gets  drunk and down when she falls warns us on the downfall of the legend's life. The length could have been reduced to make the movie more crispier to avoid getting bored near the interval time.

It's shocking to know that she has made sizeable contribution to PM relief fund and also to many of her known circle. Unfortunate, that such a helping natured person had a sad demise. A must watch for the fantastic attempt at a very rare genre of movie telling.
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Location: Trunk Rd, Lakshmi Nagar, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600116, India

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